Consider

Sat Oct 25, 2025 - Sun Oct 26, 2025

In partnership with the Rock Creek Singers of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, Cantate Chamber Singers presents Craig Hella Johnson’s fusion oratorio Considering Matthew Shepard, the acclaimed composer’s evocative and compassionate musical response to the murder of a young gay man. Setting texts by poets including Michael Dennis Browne, Lesléa Newman, Hildegard of Bingen, and Rumi as well as passages from Matt’s personal journal, remarks from his parents Judy and Dennis Shepard, and newspaper reports, the “powerfully cathartic” work “leads us from horror and grief to a higher understanding of the human condition, enabling us to endure” (The Washington Post).

Ticket info

$20-$45

Free admission for youth 17 and under

Consider

Sat Oct 25, 2025 - Sun Oct 26, 2025

In partnership with the Rock Creek Singers of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, Cantate Chamber Singers presents Craig Hella Johnson’s fusion oratorio Considering Matthew Shepard, the acclaimed composer’s evocative and compassionate musical response to the murder of a young gay man. Setting texts by poets including Michael Dennis Browne, Lesléa Newman, Hildegard of Bingen, and Rumi as well as passages from Matt’s personal journal, remarks from his parents Judy and Dennis Shepard, and newspaper reports, the “powerfully cathartic” work “leads us from horror and grief to a higher understanding of the human condition, enabling us to endure” (The Washington Post).

Ticket info

$20-$45

Free admission for youth 17 and under